PREMIER Will Hodgman says he personally has “serious reservations” about the Fragrance Group’s largest skyscraper proposal for Hobart.

Mr Hodgman has become the latest high-profile Tasmanian to express concerns about the Singaporean developer’s plan to build two skyscrapers in the Hobart CBD — a 120m hotel tower on Davey St and an 83m tower in Collins St.

Speaking on ABC local radio, Mr Hodgman said while he welcomed the company’s interest in the state, he did not think the 120m tower proposed for the Hobart CBD was the right fit.

“Personally I have serious reservations. I think we live in one of the most picturesque, idyllic, capital cities in the country ... I think we need to do everything we can to protect the quality of not only the aesthetic (of) our capital city but also the amenity,” Mr Hodgman said.

“I think it’s a superb-looking building but more suited to other cities, where those things are a dime a dozen.

“It would be one of a kind in Tasmania, it would dominate a landscape, a visage across to Sullivans Cove to beautiful kunanyi/Mt Wellington, in a way that would have a serious impact.”

Premier Will Hodgman says a skyscraper the size of that proposed by the Singaporean-based Frangrance Group could have a serious visual impact of the city. Picture: MATHEW FARRELLSource:News Corp Australia

However, Mr Hodgman said the fact that skyscrapers were being seriously proposed was a welcome sign of Tasmania’s economic revival and booming tourism sector.